Windows aero - Mini HP Computers & Internet

<b>[Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek)</b> Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop. <br /> <br /> <b>[Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek)</b> Show or hide the desktop. <br /> <br /> <b>[Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake)</b> Minimize all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the key combination again. <br /> <br /> <b>[Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap)</b> Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen. <br /> <br /> <b>[Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap)</b> Maximized and restores the selected window. <br /> <br /> <b>[Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow </b>OR<b> [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow (Aero Snap)</b> Maximizes and restores selected window in vertical dimension only. <br /> <br /> <b>[Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip)</b> Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them.

Solution: Check that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements for running Aero:



1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor


1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)


128-megabyte (MB) graphics card


Aero also requires a DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports a Windows Display Driver Model Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.

For best results, you might also want to follow these graphics processor recommendations:



64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution that is less than 1,310,720 pixels (for example, a 17–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has a 1280 × 1024 resolution)


128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 21.1–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 1600 × 1200 resolution)


256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution greater than 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 30–inch wide-screen flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 2560 × 1600 resolution)


To turn on window frame transparency, the color scheme must first be set to Windows Aero.

1.Open Personalization by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Personalization.


2.Click Window Color and Appearance.


3.Select the Enable transparency check box.

To change the color scheme to Windows Aero

1.Open Appearance Settings by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, clicking Personalization, and then clicking Window Color and Appearance. If the Appearance Settings dialog box is not displayed, at the bottom of the page, click Open classic appearance properties.


2.In the Color scheme list, click Windows Aero, and then click OK.

Check that your theme is an aero theme and not a normal theme. Themes are available in normal and aero and can be confusing. Set your theme as an aero theme and you should get the aero window working.

These steps will help us to have AERO running.

Thank's and Regard's:
Pcs365.8

I just resolved this issue on a new system. The user had been running the system about 5 days and the Aero would always drop out to Windows Basic mode as soon as the system booted to the desktop.

The cause turned out to be the Windows Experience Index had not been run.

Windows 7 requires a minimum Windows Experience Index before the Aero Experience to function.

If Aero will still not run after the Windows Experience Index has been run, tun the Aero troubleshooter and reboot after the troubleshooter finishes to resolve the problem.

We all like Vista's Aero, even after 7 came out. But for most of us, we just don't want to stop using XP. Or we upgraded, and our computer doesn't support it. So, i am here to recommend a few programs that will give you an Aero Effect.
The first - Window FX - This will give you all the Aero Fade in and Out, and other effects that come with vista. Some versions support Transparency The download is here: http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
The second - TrueTransparency - http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.5139-truetransparency-lefreut-explorer-tools.htm This will give you Aero effects, and allows you to have different skins for it.
Others: Visual Tooltip which gives you a Tooltip when you put your mouse on the task bar, which comes with Window FX. http://www.chrisnsoft.com/visual-tooltip/
AeroShake - AeroShake is a Windows 7 Emulator. It allows you to shake a window, to hide all the others. This comes with TrueTransparency, so if you plan on using TrueTransparency, you don't need to install it. http://aero-shake.en.softonic.com/
AeroSnap - AeroSnap is also a Windows 7 Emulator. It allows you to drag a window to the top, or sides of the screen, and it will either maximize, or pull to either side of the window. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/11/29/aerosnap-free-download-to-enable-windows-7-aero-snap-features-in-xp-and-vista/
All together, these should satisfy, for now, our cravings for Aero, at least until our next computer...